PRESS FREEDOM · RSF + VOIDLY
Signal & Freedom Indices
STARTER SET
10 countries covered with RSF press freedom data. Digital freedom/censorship scores (Voidly) are cross-referenced by country code where available. This is a curated starter set, not the complete 180-country index.
10 COUNTRIES
Press & Digital Freedom
| Country | Press Status | RSF Rank | Digital Freedom (Voidly) | Note |
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| Norway | Good | #1 | Loading… | Consistently ranked among the top 3 globally for years running. |
| Ireland | Good | — | Loading… | Consistently ranked among the top 3 globally. |
| Denmark | Good | — | Loading… | Consistently ranked among the top 3 globally. |
| United States | Problematic | #64 | Loading… | Fell 7 places in 2026; RSF cites detention/deportation of journalists and cuts to US Agency for Global Media (Voice of America, RFE/RL, Radio Free Asia scaled back). |
| Russia | Very Serious | — | Loading… | 48 journalists held as of April 2026; anti-terrorism/extremism laws used to restrict press. |
| Iran | Very Serious | #177 | Loading… | Near-bottom ranking maintained for multiple consecutive years. |
| North Korea | Very Serious | — | Loading… | Consistently ranks at or near the bottom of the index every year. |
| China | Very Serious | — | Loading… | Consistently ranks among the bottom 20 countries. |
| Hong Kong | Very Serious | — | Loading… | Journalist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years under national security legislation — heaviest sentence ever given to a journalist there. |
| Ecuador | Difficult | — | Loading… | Dropped 31 places in 2026 following the murders of two journalists in 2025. |